Security Advisory

CVE-2016-5261

8.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

Integer overflow in the WebSocketChannel class in the WebSockets subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted packets that trigger incorrect buffer-resize operations during buffering.
Published Date August 5, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory